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It's Manatee Time!

Manatees swimming in to the spring.

Manatee eating some plants in the shallow water.

Two manatees in the spring.

On Monday, we decided to take a drive to Blue Spring State Park in Orange City. It’s a little over an hour away, so its a great day trip from Celebration. Plus with sunny 70 degree weather, who didn’t want to be outside!

The park is over 2600 acres and boasts the largest spring on the St. Johns River. They have lots of things to do year round at Blue Spring. You can kayak, canoe, camp, hike, fish, swim, dive or just plain enjoy nature at the park. We went to enjoy a seasonal attraction though – The MANATEES.

Blue Spring is a designated manatee refuge. From mid-November to March 15, the spring and spring run are closed to swimmers and divers, because the manatees come in to enjoy the warm water temperatures. The water in the spring stays a constant 72 degrees making it the perfect winter playground for the West Indian manatees.

They truly are neat creatures to see and you can get pretty close on the wooden walkways built near the Spring. The cost of admission to the park is a meager $6 per car load, so its certainly an inexpensive way to see something unique to Florida. You can make a day of it by bringing a picnic or having lunch at the cafe which has deli sandwiches, hot dogs, ice cream, and cold drinks. There is also a playground so the kids can run off some energy before driving home.

There is less than 2 months left of manatee season, so hurry up and plan that day trip!

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